Destination Gresham: Site of the CCC Championship Meet

 

5.7.08

 

LA GRANDE, Ore. - At 4:00 pm on Thursday Chris Hoppie and Lucas Ohmes will kick start the 2008 Cascade Conference Championship Meet with the running of the Men's Decathlon 100 Meter Dash.  Hoppie and Ohmes along with the rest of the Men's Decathlon field will compete in the first of 12 events held on the first day of this three day event.

 

The site of this years championships is one that is familiar to the Mounties as they competed in the Mount Hood / Concordia Invite in Gresham on April 26th.

 

This week EOU will send a large group of athletes to test themselves against the best that the Cascade Conference has to offer.  That group will be led by 13 Mountaineers that have reached the NAIA National Auto or Provisional Mark in at least on event and three multi-event athletes that rank in the top 10 nationally (the top 16 combined event athletes qualify for the national meet).

 

The list of qualifiers is as follows.

 

Women

Name	Event	Rank	Auto / Provisional
Marcella Bosch	5000	9th	Auto
Katie Clapp	1/2 Marathon	36th	Provisional
Grace Deboodt	Javelin	29th	Provisional
Kasie Gillespie	Heptathlon	9th	Top 16
Cayla Weissert	Pole Vault	9th	Auto
Stephanie Windle	Steeplechase/ 5000 Meters	38th	Provisional
Men
Name	Event	Rank	Auto / Provisional
Quentin Baxter	Hammer	8th	Auto
Quentin Baxter	Shot Put	21st	Provisional
Doug Benson	1500 Meters	7th	Auto
Troy Blackburn	Steeplechase	16th	Provisional
Justin Dean	1/2 Marathon	52nd	Auto
Peter Fry	Triple Jump	22nd	Provisional
Chris Hoppie	Decathlon	7th	Top 16
Kirk Miller	Long Jump	13th	Provisional
Kirk Miller	Triple Jump	21st	Provisional
Andy Munsy	Hammer 23rd	23rd	Provisional
Lucas Ohmes	Pole Vault	T-13-16th	Provisional
Lucas Ohmes	Decathlon	6th	Top 16
Morgan Saltenberger	1/2 Marathon	64th	Provisional

 

 

 

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